Symptom

None

Not much

A fair bit

A lot

1.

Headaches including migraines

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2.

Lack of energy and vitality

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

3.

Candida - jock itch, thrush, tinea ...

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

4.

Poor sleep. If on tablets score 10

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

5.

Snoring &/or sleep apnoea. Score 10 if using a mask

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

6.

Crook back, stiff neck, sore shoulders, dicky knee RSI ...

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

7.

Frequent colds, flu, sinus

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

8.

Unsettled stomach, reflux (Score 10 if on medication)

0

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

9.

Overweight - 1 point for every 2Kg

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

10.

Irritable bowel, constipation

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11.

Asthma

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

12.

Low level of aerobic fitness

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

13.

Chest pain, palpitations

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

14.

Rashes, itchiness, skin outbreaks, psoriasis ...

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

15.

Mouth ulcers, cold sores

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

16.

Elevated blood pressure. Score 0 on pills

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

17.

Elevated blood cholesterol. Score o if on pills

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

18.

Elevated blood glucose. Score 0 if on medication

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

19.

Shakes, nervous ticks, mannerisms

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

20.

Grinding teeth

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

21.

Alcoholic drinks per day (2 pts/drink)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

22.

Smoking. (1 pt/cigarette/day)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

23.

Caffeine (1 pt/cup per day)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

24.

Anxious about life, insecure, apprehensive

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

25.

Sad or depressed (On medication, score 0)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

26.

In wrong job for now

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

27.

Under-appreciated at work

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

28.

Have poor work/life balance

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

29.

Unhappy with family life

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

30.

Unhappy with financial status

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

  Score

Symptoms/ issues / concerns

% of people scoring over 5

People

scoring

10

Overweight

Smoking

Financial status

Lack of Energy

Low level of fitness

Elevated glucose

Poor sleep

Snoring, sleep apnoea

Reflux, unsettled stomach

Irritable bowel, constipation etc

Shortness of breath from asthma

Itchy, rashes, psoriasis

Elevated blood pressure

Elevated cholesterol

Grinding teeth

Alcohol

Anxious

Wrong job

Under appreciated at work

Work-life balance

Headaches

Candida

Crook back, sore shoulders

Frequent colds, flu, sinus

Chest pain, palpitations

Mouth ulcers

Shakes, nervous mannerisms

Caffeine

Depressed

Unhappy family life

•

Obesity

50% of people said they were more than 10Kg over weight. 50% were more than 20Kg over weight. It's a symptom of metabolic dysfunction and relates to high energy diets and low energy lifestyles. It's suggestive of elevated levels of insulin floating around the body, which is a precursor of all manner of body system dysfunctions - elevated blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, elevated blood glucose.

The recommendation, that people need to get more exercise, eat from the top of the Hourglass and lay off the grog.

Smoking

25% of people (3) smoked. This is a slightly higher figure than the community average of around 18%. Now lets move heaven and earth to assist these people to give it away altogether.

Financial status

25% expressed a concern about their financial status. Maybe the organisation could provide some financial advice to its staff. We recommend the Robert Kiyosaki book, Rich Dad Poor dad.

Musculo-skeletal dysfunction

0% of people said they had some sort of musculo-skeletal dysfunction. This is a pleasantly surprising result. It's usually around 50%.

Musculo-skeletal dysfunction goes with low levels of strength and flexibility. Those at greatest risk need encouragement to attend a strength and flexibility training program several times a week.

All staff need to be involved in a daily, 10 minute flexibility work out.

Lack of energy

17% of people said they lacked energy.

Low levels of energy come from many sources, including: -

-  lack of a good aerobic fitness training program

-  a diet high in wheat flour and sugar

-  dullness

Poor sleep

8% of people do not sleep soundly - it takes them a long time to go to sleep, they wake in the middle of the night, they don't wake up refreshed.

The first casualty of anxiety is poor sleep. Lack of a regular and vigorous physical activity program is also attended by poor sleep.

Under-appreciation at work

8% said they were under-appreciated at work.

This is a good result. Managers and staff need to have a big think about what can be done to improve this score

Being in the wrong job

8% of people said they were in the wrong job. This too is a good result.

There is usually a high and positive correlation between people being in the wrong job and people saying they are under-appreciated at work. In this case this rule applied.

Fitness

17% said they were unfit. We recommend staff be given the greatest encouragement to engage in some physical activity at some time during the day.

Fitness has a significant bearing on the scores for low levels of energy, poor sleep, snoring, depression and headaches.

Depression and anxiety

0% of people indicated they were anxious.

0% indicated gave themselves a score of 5 or more in answer to the question 'Are you depressed'.

Nobody was on anti-depressant medication.

These are very low scores compared with what we normally see.

Having said that, there is an epidemic of depression in our community and we encourage all organisations to target depression.

There is a significant core of depression that relates to poor health generally.

All body systems are connected. The epidemic of depression will continue to escalate at the same rate as the epidemic of all other body system dysfunctions. People need to be given encouragement to exercise regularly and vigorous, eat less flour and sugar and imbibe less of the culturally chemicals - particularly nicotine, caffeine and alcohol.

Because of the relationship of depression to fitness and diet there is a chance that some people have been misdiagnosed.

Some aspects of depression relate to psychologically generated issues. It is important that these people be encouraged to have regular counselling - through the EAP or other counsellors -

The best book about depression I've read, and what you can do about it, and one that I recommend highly is by psychiatrist, David Servan-Schreiber, Healing Without Freud or Prozac.

Headaches

0% of people reported they had headaches on a regular basis. Headaches are associated with

-  tension in neck muscles

-  unhealthy sinuses

-  food intolerances

-  lack of physical fitness

-  stress

-  ....

Poor work/life balance

8% of people indicated they had a poor work/life balance. Some of the people fitting into this category are women (a few men) with young children. These people have a shift before work, a shift at work, a shift after work and the night shift as well. The pressure of life is exceptionally high. There appears to be little time to achieve a work/life balance. I recommend the organisation give special consideration to these people.

Snoring

8% of people said they snored loudly enough for it to be a problem.

The recipe for a good snore is to be male, be unfit and at least 20Kg over weight, to have high blood pressure, have a few drinks every night, be stressed out of their brain and sleep on their back.

Colds and flu

0%. Symptom of a depressed immune system, one which can be strengthened by eating from the top of the Hourglass and getting plenty of aerobic exercise.

Family life

0% indicated they had an un happy family life.

Blood pressure

8% of people indicated they had elevated blood pressure. Nobody was on blood pressure medication.

Blood pressure is a symptom of body system dysfunction relating directly to

- lack of aerobic fitness

- being over weight

- being stressed.

Alcohol intake

8% indicated a higher than acceptable level of alcohol consumption.

I don't agree with the medical charities that you should have a drink every night. The people who score lowest in the Health, Fitness and Wellbeing profile only have a couple of drinks a week, if that.

The problem with alcohol is that will power dissolves in it. Once you've had one, you're more likely to have another, and another ... Then  out come the chips and cashews, finishing off with a couple rounds of Tim Tams.

Type 2 diabetes

0%, were on diabetes medication. By and large type 2 diabetes is a fitness problem caused by a lack of regular, vigorous physical activity, a high flour and sugar diet and obesity.

This is not a good score. Too many people are too far away from their ideal job. 1 person didn't know what they wanted to do when they grew up!

Work is probably about as stressful as you want it to be. Walk away. Make appointments for your Self that allow you to get on with your work unhindered by interruptions. Find the job you'd love to do. For 1 person, and possible 3, work is too stressful. Work should give life to you, not suck life out of you.

A fair result. For those who scored 7/10 it didn't matter. It did matter for those who scored poorly. There is work to do.

With 2 exceptions this is a very good result. Of all our profile questions, this one is usually the worst answered. In this case, (with the 2 exceptions) it was well answered. For staff our recommendation is always to manage up. Take your manager out for morning tea once a month and talk about yourself and your work. Get some regular feedback. Don't wait for the big one at the end of the year.

With 3 exceptions, these people are pretty satisfied with what they sell themselves for. This is a personal matter. If you're not happy, you're selling yourself short. Log onto Seek and get your suit dry cleaned!

With a few exceptions this is a good result. There are 4 people who believe their work could be better valued and appreciated.

Patchy. The aim is to have all staff recording a score of 7 or more.

Average score: 70. Overall the score is a bit off the pace with half the participants scoring below the 70/100 pass mark. The task ahead for individuals and their manager is to get everyone scoring over 70 in six months time. This objective is well within reason.  For those scoring less than 60, there is a strong suggestion they're not in the right job. The situation may be redeemable.